There were no candidates on the ballot for the three-year seat being vacated by Trustee Michael Ashby, who did not seek re-election.

Results of the election were not available in the hours after the polls closed because of the time it took to count the 315 write-in votes. Wolfe said four counting teams tallied the votes; the results became available Nov. 9, after the deadline for the Nov. 10 edition of The Forecaster.

Wolfe said most names were only written in once, but some people received almost as many votes as Matheson. Only the person with the most write-ins is offered the position, and, Wolfe said, if that person declines, the seat is not offered to the person with the second-highest number of votes. Instead, a special election would be held to fill the vacancy.

Matheson has lived in Freeport for 20 years. She is an alternative investments consultant at a Boston-based financial services company.

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